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  • Dave Cole and Jason Scherer Team up for the 2011 Ultra4 Season

    APPLE VALLEY, CA SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 In a perfectly matched scenario, Jason Scherer will be driving the Dave Cole Motorsports Ultra4 car for the 2011 season. Their season will consist of the 2011 King of the Hammers, 2011 Grand Slam Series and the 2011 Best in the Desert series as well as selected VORRA races.

    The blue digital camo car has been featured in multiple magazines as an icon of the Ultra 4 class. Car owner Dave Cole “is excited to be joining into a partnership with Jason Scherer. This is the ultimate winning team with a proven driver behind the wheel of a quality car.” The car is prepped at Desert Concepts Inc. and is currently getting ready for the 2010 Baja 1000 where the Pirate4x4 team will race in Class 1 down the Baja peninsula. (more…)

  • Vision X Releases NEW “Evo-Prime” Light Bar

    ALGONA, WA    SEPTEMBER 22, 2010: The new series of Evo-Prime LED light bars by Vision X Off Road offer several beam patters, multiple lengths, low amp draws, and is weather, dust and moisture proof among other important features.

    The new series of Evo-Prime LED bars offer several beam configurations, from a 20 degree tight beam pattern to a 40 degree flood style pattern.  The bars are available from 5” to 42” long, and are 2.75” tall by 3.50” deep.  Multiple sizes are housed in 6061 Aluminum with advanced heat sink design available in both black and white colors. (more…)

  • New ARB Fridge Freezer Models!

    Come and meet the coolest ARB family!

    Seattle, September 22nd/ ARB 4×4 Accessories/ — With the ARB 50QT fridge freezer gaining popularity and acclaim within the 4WD community due to its unique design and outstanding performance, ARB Corporation is pleased to
    announce the addition of 3 new fridge sizes to make a family of fridges to suit 4WD families.

    Welcome additions are the ARB 37QT, 63QT, AND 82QT where each model has been determined by the actual internal volume of the fridge. The most obvious differences are the height and footprint. In simple terms the 50QT and 82QT share the same height, the 37QT and 63QT share the same “squat’ height. The 37QT and 50QT share the same footprint and the 63QT and 82QT share the same extended footprint. (more…)

  • MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN HONOR OF RECENT CALIFORNIA 200 RACE CRASH VICTIMS TO BE UNVEILED AT 2010 LUCAS OIL OFF-ROAD EXPO

    POMONA, CALIF. (September 21, 2010) – Off-Road community members, racers, volunteers and companies in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management will gather on Saturday, October 9, at 10:30 a.m., at the 2010 Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo for the unveiling of the California 200 Memorial Monument, a large scale statue designed to honor the victims of the recent desert race accident where eight were killed and 12 injured. The 2010 Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo will invade the Pomona Fairplex Saturday, October 9 through Sunday, October 10, with everything off-road including new vehicles, thousands of parts and accessories, ATV test rides, freestyle motocross action and more.

    “The annual Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo is where the Off-Road Nation comes together, making it naturally an appropriate place to unveil the memorial,” said off-road industry spokesperson and California 200 memorial project co-chair, Marty Fiolka. “This will give the families of the victims, supporters, fans and the entire off-road community an opportunity to reflect on this terrible tragedy.” (more…)

  • RockCrawler RZR Videos

    September 21, 2010

    Had the opportunity this past weekend to put the RockCrawler RZR thru it’s higher speed paces.  A friend has 500 acres with a private lake in northern Wisconsin, and parts of the property includes trails for their ATV’s.  We made a few hot lap runs around the 1.7 mile lake loop.

    The first video with shot with my buddy Goebs leading on his Honda 4-stroke…chasing the ATV added a bit of perspective to the video, and he was nice enough to keep his speeds down and mostly stay in frame.  Time on this lap was 3:25 and top speed was in the 45 mph range (forgot to reset the GPS…oops)

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpzCbCm8Wk

    Video two is the same loop done in reverse, and at night.  Time was not taken on this one, but top speed per the GPS was 41mph.  Notice that around 0:33 in the video, I turned on the 30″ Rigid Industries LED light…major improvement over the dim stockers!

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TF9Qw_Cx-E

  • HIGH STRENGTH BIRFIELDS AND AXLE SHAFTS FOR TOYOTA APPLICATIONS

    Toyota Trucks & Landcruisers are well known for their strength & reliability all over the world.  Out of the box they feature some pretty great drivetrain, but they do have their limits.   The factory axles are 30 spline at the diff, but neck down to 27 spline at the birfield creating a failure point.  Additionally the factory Birfield joints are not built to withstand the added stress of larger tires and heavy offroad use. Nitro Gear & Axle has addressed this by offering a range of Heavy Duty Chromoly Birfield Joints & Axle Shafts. (more…)